'Dharma'

   Unlike the English language, often mocked at as a 'funny' language, the samskruta bhasha is tricky language. Today's samskruta bhasha is a derivative of the ancient Language of Gods, an unwritten one and, as such, has no scripture, although it later came to be known as the 'devanagari' script! The present samskruta bhasha is also highly corrupt! All languages undergo change widely over distance and time, geographically. The present samskrutam is a derivative or co-existent one with the pali and ardhamagadhi languages. Jarbhari and turfari languages are considered much earlier to the samskrutanm and have a bearing, if not a direct derivative one! The history samskruta bhasha is very interesting!
   Every word in Samskrutam has a hundred meanings and connotations! There is a root syllable, like a seed that sprouts, grows and spreads. At least, there are six important connotations of a word - yatartha, gudartha, vyangyarth, dvandvartha, marmik artha, and prasangika artha. May be, a word is simply also inserted as a dummy to mislead the mischievous people who want to take advantage of it and fool others! Every sentence of Samskrutam has to be carefully reorganized in order to get the appropriate meaning and this comes by study and  practice of grammar and composition. The meaning of the words depend on the circumstances and the context in which the sentence is constructed. Hence, it is not very easy to arrive at the exact meaning of a sentence, unless one is acquainted and trained in the study of this sacred language. In fact, Samskrutam is the derivative of an ancient language of the Gods and mostly unwritten! hence every word has a hundred connotations.

  'Dharma' is a word that has an eternal, religiously followed custom, and tradition amongst the Hindu. It is called 'Hindu sanatana dharma'. The term 'dharma' simply refers to 'right conduct'. Every thought and action of a person should be oriented towards the welfare of the society! This noble conduct is expected of every Hindu. The fundamental principle here is one of universal welfare. A 'Hindu' is a highly developed human who treats existence as a 'sacrifice', yajnya. Every thought, word, and action of a Hindu is oriented to selfless service. This is the greatest 'dharma'. It should always be remembered that the term 'Hindu' does not refer to any caste, sub-caste or creed. It is a religion, discipline! Dharma for a Hindu is his prana, life-force! A Hindu keeps others interest above the self. This is a widespread culture all over India, although traced to the inhabitants of the Sindhu River valley. It is also important to note that the River Sindhu is not just the name of a river, but all the rivers in general! This is eulogized in the Rk Veda as sapta sidhavh | The seven rivers, sapta sindhavah, refers to the seven level of consciousness, prajnya. The highest one can attain in one's life is this highest level of human existence of all-round knowledge and welfare. Incidentally 'River' also means flow of knowledge (jnyan ganga), flow of consciousness (prajnya dhara). 

   Thus, there is much to be understood here. dharma is not just something one can easily understand. 'Dharma is brahmn'. Everything is dharma in the land of the Seven Rivers (sapta sindhavah)- Sindhu, Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Krishna, Godavari, kaveri.